Men Behaving Badly (Series) - TV Tropes Men Behaving Badly You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share WMG Men Behaving Badly is a classic British sitcom written by Simon Nye, very loosely adapted from a not-particularly-successful novel he wrote in the late 80s. The main cast consists of Martin Clunes as Gary, Caroline Quentin as Dorothy and Leslie Ash as Deborah; the first season had Harry Enfield playing Dermot as secondary lead, while all the subsequent ones replaced him with Neil Morrissey as Tony. It's generally acknowledged that this second season was the moment when the show grew its beard . There are several reasons for this - Tony was a more interesting character than Dermot, the show moved from ITV to BBC1 and the lack of adverts meant that Nye had a few more minutes to play with, and it hit a moment of zeitgeist as the late 80s/early 90s New Man was being brushed aside by a resurgence of laddish masculinity.

Along with Have I Got News for You , it is probably the single most-referenced show title for British newspaper headline writers and has been shamelessly ripped off for the titles of countless documentaries. The show lasted six seasons, with a follow-up trilogy of three extra-long episodes, and a final reunion sketch (though without Leslie Ash or Caroline Quentin) on Channel 4 that was broadcast on the 24th October as part of "Feeling Nuts", a programme broadcast to raise awareness about testicular cancer. Came sixteenth in Britain's Best Sitcom . Men Behaving Badly provides examples of: Adaptation Distillation : The US version lasted roughly thirty seconds. All Men Are Perverts : Well, Gary and Tony without question but there are so many variations that they're worth mentioning too. Averted with minor characters like Ken and Les, inverted every so often with Deborah and Dorothy but the big inversion is with George; he and his wife, Marjorie , have a jar in which they must put 10p every time one of them has an unfaithful thought. In his several decades of marriage, George has only blown 50p while Marjorie has spent £2386.

George: ...Sometimes I feel I should say something, but it has paid for three caravanning holidays. Beard of Evil : A variation, Tony grows a moustache as part of his transformation into a boring postman in the last episode, and shaves it off again at the end when he returns to normal. Cardboard Pal : When Tony and Gary have fallen out, Gary makes a fake Tony out of a sex doll and Tony's clothes so they can continue having their lager-fuelled conversations on the sofa. In the reunion sketch for the 2014 testicular cancer awareness show "Feeling Nuts", Gary and Tony are both divorced and temporarily fill the void with cloth dummies that have Deborah and Dorothy's faces on them. The Casanova : Tony, until he falls for Deborah, having slept with fifty women and at one point having three girlfriends at once. Gary wants to be one, but is more of a Casanova Wannabe . Catchphrase : In the script book, Simon Nye grumbles that he was never able to come up with a good one, his attempts including Tony's "Sod you, then" and "I feel like a king".

Christmas Special : Interpolated Dorothy's idyllic-perfect-Christmas fantasy Imagine Spot with the grittier reality. Cloudcuckoolander : Ken. Simon Nye notes he was written as an over-promoted, incompetent Pointy-Haired Boss , but John Thompson played him as being borderline mentally ill. Companion Cube : In "Your Mate V Your Bird", when it looks like Gary will be left living alone in the flat, he temporarily fashions his own "Tony" out of a blow-up sex doll, with a string to make it drink beer. Continuity Nod : Quite a few in the Sofa episode, all of them in flashbacks. Gary having shorter hair, teenage Tony having longer hair, Gary wearing "the suit" on one of his three unsuccessful dates and Gary wearing his trousers on his head when meeting Dorothy for the first time. The Couch : Or rather sofa Crazy Jealous Guy : Played for laughs with Tony over Debra Directionless Driver : Gary navigating in "Cardigan". Gary: Hold on, this is a map of Dieppe! Dirty Coward : Gary in the thematically titled episode "Cowardice".

After failing to stand up for Dorothy to a road-rager, he hires a company to send an actor to insult her in the bar and he can then pretend to beat up to regain his image. However, Hilarity Ensues when an actual thug corresponding to the description insults Dorothy and Gary manages to beat him up without realising he's not the actor. Embarrassing Nickname : In the last episode, all the postmen have nicknames — Tony's is "Nobby No-Mates". Another has one produced by a chain of logical connections: Tony: He's been bitten by so many dogs, they call him Costello. Gary: Er... why? Foreign Remake : It's A Man's World, starring Rob Schneider . Friend Versus Lover : The central focus of the show. One episode uses it as the title - "Your Mate V Your Bird". Gilligan Cut : Averted due to Simon Nye disliking them, save for a single example in the episode The Good Pub Guide. Men Behaving Badly - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on Men Behaving Badly Wikis Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article!

This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics For the American version, see Men Behaving Badly (U.S. TV series) . Men Behaving Badly Series logo, which appears before the closing credits rolled. Gary and Tony dance badly in the background. Format Original run 18 February 1992 – 28 December 1998 Men Behaving Badly is a British comedy that was created and written by Simon Nye. It follows the lives of flatmates Gary and Tony, and was first broadcast on ITV in 1992. A total of six series were made along with a Christmas special and three final feature-length episodes. The series was filmed in and around Ealing in west London and the final scene of series six was filmed at the Cerne Abbas giant . It was produced by Hartswood Films , and Thames Television co-produced the first two series for ITV . They also assisted with production of the third series onwards that aired on the BBC . After being moved to a post-watershed slot on BBC1 , Men Behaving Badly became highly successful.

It was controversially voted the best sitcom in the BBC's history at the corporation's 60th anniversary celebrations in 1996, and it came sixteenth in the Britain's Best Sitcom poll commissioned in 2004 on BBC2 . It has also won the Comedy Awards' best ITV comedy, and the first National Television Award for Situation Comedy. [1] In a BBC article, it is suggested Gary and Tony were "a reaction against the onset of the caring, sharing 'new man'. It appeared to revel in a politically incorrect world of booze, burps and boobs". Nevertheless, critics Jon Lewis and Penny Stempel have stated the show "allowed male viewers to indulge in vicarious laddism, whilst allowing female viewers to ridicule the bad but lovable Tony and Gary". They also commented that "it was also a genuine sitcom in that the humour came from the characters and their context". Simon Nye remarked: "I don't do mad, plot-driven farragoes. You have to allow your characters time to talk". [2] Recently, the show has been repeated on BBC1 and G.O.L.D. , and all six series are available on DVD .

Martin Clunes has recently admitted that he's "been watching the Men Behaving Badly repeats on TV, and laughing like a git!" [3 ] Contents 12 External links Cast Gary Strang ( Martin Clunes ) - Gary operates a security sales office with two old-fashioned middle-aged subordinates. He also owns the flat that he and flatmate Tony occupy. Gary is a man in his thirties, and enjoys talk of girls and indulges in lager and a perpetual childhood with best friend Tony. Gary on occasions makes a fool of himself; foolishness that is quickly exploited by girlfriend Dorothy. Despite his stereotypical masculinity, at heart, Gary is a gentle soul and loves Dorothy. Dermot Povey ( Harry Enfield ) - Dermot is Gary's original flat mate featured only in series one. Like Tony, Dermot is forever failing to pay his way at Gary's flat and is desperately in love with Deborah. Dermot both lies and cheats in an attempt to garner success with Deborah. However, like Tony, he fails miserably. Tony and Dermot are similar in character, although Dermot is slightly more introverted and repressed.

He is only mentioned twice after his departure, the first to explain that he simply isn't coming home, and the second in the first episode of series five, when Dorothy recalls him to which Gary replies "Did I tell you he got a job at Euro-Disney testing the rides?" Tony Smart ( Neil Morrissey ) - Tony is Gary's good looking semi-stud flatmate, who is forever in love and always obsessed with the 'blonde babe' upstairs, Deborah. Tony is softer than Gary and at times even more childish than him. Tony drifts from job to job and fails to pay his rent to Gary. Like his flat mate, Tony enjoys girls, lager, and an eternal childhood. Despite Gary's initial reservations, Tony soon replaces Dermot in the role of Gary's best friend. Dorothy Bishop ( Caroline Quentin ) - Dorothy is Gary's sharp-tongued girlfriend who's a nurse. She lives with her parents, due to the fact her mother threatens to "kill herself if she moves out". Dorothy loves Gary. However, his immaturity and other aspects of his character cause the pair to occasionally drift apart.

Dorothy isn't always treated satisfactorily by Gary; being lied to and occasionally cheated on, she doesn't hesitate to get her revenge by humiliating Gary and cheating on him herself. Deborah ( Leslie Ash ) - Deborah is an attractive blonde woman who lives in the flat above Gary and Tony. Deborah works in a restaurant, and although semi-attracted to Tony herself, his selfishness, immaturity and other aspects of his character push her away just as they begin to get close. Deborah is frequently changing her mind about Tony, a character she both loves and loathes simultaneously. Other characters George (Ian Lindsay) - an old, shy, cardigan -wearing office worker. Both he and Anthea are tolerant ears for Gary to moan out his problems. George leads a very unambitious life. His wife Marjorie (who is never seen) works in productions of dramas like Dr Zhivago and others. George is also a huge fan of the 1960s folk group The Seekers . Anthea (Valerie Minifie) - an introverted spinster secretary , who, like George, is very old fashioned.

Gary is known to take out his frustration on Anthea, one of his more common punishments being to lock her in the office cupboard. Les ( Dave Atkins ) - The 'dribbly' landlord of The Crown, the pub that the main characters frequent. Les is known for his disgusting manner and his service of offering locals a goodbye gherkin. Ken ( John Thomson ) - Replaces Les as the landlord of The Crown from series 5 onwards. Ken has never managed a pub before, and so is clueless with regards to pub terminology and common practice. He got the position because his brother is 'sleeping with' the brewery's personnel manager, Mrs Swift. Other characters include Clive - a friend of Gary's who never appears on screen. Writer Simon Nye played the minor role of Clive in series 6, wearing a bright green suit. Also, Neville runs the record stall with Tony in series 2. Plot summary Gary and Tony are two beer-guzzling flatmates, revelling in a second childhood, hours of TV and mindless talks about women; kind of behaviour that puts their relationships with Dorothy (Gary's girlfriend) and Deborah (an attractive blonde in the flat above) in jeopardy.

Gary manages an office selling burglar alarms for a dead-end company. His staff are two ageing employees: the hen-pecked George and eternal spinster Anthea, who regularly drive him to exasperation with their old-fashioned ways. Tony stumbles through a range of jobs including modelling , bar work and miming , after his record stall collapsing (somewhat literally). Dorothy is a quick-witted, sensible nurse. She and Gary frequently split up and are occasionally unfaithful, but always end up back together. Tony has many girlfriends but his true feelings are for Deborah, who Tony initially just wants to have sex with, but quickly falls in love with her. Tony and Deborah finally end up in a relationship in series 6, as writer Simon Nye was keen on progressing the plot. [3 ] The show's origins The show is based on Simon Nye's 1989 book of the same title. TV producer Beryl Vertue came across the novel and tracked down Nye, believing it was suited for television adaptation. Harry Enfield was then cast first, and persuaded Martin Clunes that he should join the show.

The first series features Martin Clunes as Gary Strang, and Harry Enfield as his flatmate, Dermot Povey, but Enfield felt out of place in the sitcom and decided to quit. It has also been reported that Enfield has claimed he felt uncomfortable in the programme, and left stating that a "proper actor" would do the job far better. Simon Nye has stated that ITV picked up the series partly because Enfield had agreed to star in it, and his departure influenced ITV's decision to cancel the show after just two series, when audience figures were poor. It has been claimed that this was due to ITV giving it a poor slot in the schedules, forcing the 'bad behaviour' to be toned down. In 1994, the show went to the BBC , who aired a further four series. The shift to a new station and a later timeslot meant, as the BBC have stated, the show could relish in "more colourful language and behaviour". The show became highly successful on BBC1 , winning numerous awards, along with its writer and its stars. [3 ] The first series featuring Enfield has never been repeated on the BBC , although the second ITV series has been shown.

[3 ] Episodes Main article: List of Men Behaving Badly episodes The show aired for six series and forty two episodes, including a Christmas special titled 'Jingle Balls', which was broadcast over Christmas 1997. A final short run of three 45 minute episodes was made in 1998 to conclude the series. These were broadcast over Christmas, like the 'final' three episodes of Only Fools And Horses two years earlier. Series one was the only series to feature Dermot, played by Harry Enfield, and the only series not to feature Neil Morrissey as Tony. The episodes of the first two series are about 24 minutes long because they were shown on ITV and time was needed for advertisements. When the show began on the BBC , the episodes were about four minutes longer. DVD releases All six series are available on region 2 DVD separately, and a complete collection featuring all six series is also available. The 1997 Christmas special and final trilogy are also available on DVD . Owing to licensing difficulties, the music at the beginning of episode one 'Hair' and the rave in episode five 'Cardigan' had to be changed for the Series 5 DVD.

The DVD of the final trilogy is also only in 4:3 centre cut-out rather than the 16:9 format the episodes were originally made in. Impact The series was not without controversy as it was claimed young males were copying their 'bad behaviour', and in the public imagination, it has become synonymous with the mid 1990s lad culture phenomenon. In one scene, Gary and Tony pretend to be a gay Welsh couple in order to frighten away a potential buyer of Deborah's flat. In one of the final episodes, Dorothy wakes up to find a tissue stuck to her face, which Gary had used after masturbating; this was even more controversial considering its broadcast over Christmas. The Christmas Special also features jokes relating to adult themes, which some audiences considered to be unsuitable for Christmas viewing. Clunes once claimed that he and Morrissey were banned from advertising lager on commercial television because their roles had made them an influence on children, even though the show was broadcast after the watershed . Other appearances and references A brief sequence was included in Comic Relief 1997, titled 'Men Behaving Very Badly Indeed' and featured a guest appearance by Kylie Minogue .

Although references to her were in the series, this sketch had her showing up at the flat, with both Gary and Tony failing to recognise her. It was released on DVD as part of the 2002 VCI release 'Seriously Funny!' Another brief appearance was for Comic Relief 1999, which showed a 'Swinging Sixties' version of the show via recently discovered black-and-white footage, known as 'The Naughty Boys'. Women Exercising Madly features the four main characters in a short scene at the start, while the main content is Debs and Dorothy taking part in a humorous exercise video, intercut with scenes from other series, before the girls get home and collapse with exhaustion. Though completely unrelated to the show, Neil Morrissey lent his name to a cheap sell-through video, Neil Morrissey's Motorbike Mania. The video, which features low quality footage of motorbikes and occasional vignettes featuring Morrissey, was marketed as though it was related to the series, with phrases including "Wahay mates!" and 'behaving badly' used liberally throughout the inlay. It was later re-released as 'Bikes Behaving Badly'.

After his departure from the show, a regular sketch in Harry Enfield's Television Programme features the character of 1950s television presenter Mr Cholmondeley-Warner. In one episode, he looks at the future of television, and among the envisaged programmes was one called 'Men Behaving Splendidly'. Clunes and Morrissey travelled to Australia to make and host/star in the series 'Men Down Under', which featured them as themselves, rather than as their characters, exploring Aussie 'bloke' culture. Morrissey and Ash appeared together after the series ended, but using their real names, in a series of commercials for the national DIY chain Homebase . US version Main article: Men Behaving Badly (U.S. TV series) The series was remade for US television , broadcast on NBC 1996-1997, starred Rob Schneider , Ken Marino , Ron Eldard and Justine Bateman , and took place in Indianapolis , Indiana . [4] As a result, the original series was eventually screened in the US on BBC America as British Men Behaving Badly, whilst in Australia, the US series was broadcast (on the Seven Network ) as It's a Man's World.

See also ^ (Book) Cult TV: The Comedies, the ultimate critical guide-Jon E Lewis and Penny Stempel ^ (Book) Cult TV: The Comedies, the ultimate critical guide - Jon E Lewis and Penny Stempel Season 1 Episode 2: "The Bet" Dermot: You've left it a bit late, haven't you? She's probably off to see this new bloke now. Gary: No, she saw him last night. Dermot: That must be why she was looking so knackered. Gary: If you must know, they were up late playing chess Dermot: Is that what she told you? Gary: What's that supposed to mean? Dermot: No, you're probably right actually. When you first start seeing someone, you can't stop playing chess with each other, can you? You meet to go to a movie, have a quick game of chess before you go, rush home afterwards have another game of chess. Possibly in the shower, when you're all soapy. Then in the morning, you play with each other's pieces again. Even if you've woken up in the night and whopped your bishop out.

Then you see her bending over to do her shoes up, and you can't resist giving her a right good chessing before she goes to work. Dermot: Bye, Graham, nice to meet you. Must have a game of chess some time. Graham: Sorry, I don't play chess. Gary: What? Gary: GET OUT OF MY FLAT, THE PAIR OF YOU! Graham: [to Dorothy] Is he always like this? Gary: GET OFF TO YOUR POCKSY HOSPITAL, AND DON'T PLAY CHESS TOGETHER! GET OUT! Season 3 Episode 1: "Lovers" Gary: Let's face it, Tony, the only way you're gonna be in there is that if you're both marooned on a deserted island and she eats a poisonous berry or a nut which makes her temporarily deaf, dumb, stupid, forgetful and desperate for sex. Gary: Does this office have to sound like an episode of Little House On The Prairie ? Anthea: Well, we're a bit like that, aren't we? Little Office On The Prairie. Gary: Don't be twee, Anthea.

Episode 4: "Weekend" [on the way to the countryside] Dorothy: Maybe I should move down here. Gary: Nah, you'd miss the sophisticated city talk. Dorothy: What, you and Tony discussing the most comfortable pants you've ever had? Gary: That's a bit unfair. Oh, look at those lovely hedges... so what are the most comfortable pants you've ever had? Episode 6: "Marriage" Tony: I wanna do some cuttings. Deborah: How can you do cuttings from a dead daffodil? Tony: You make incisions in the green, middle, stick-y bit, put it in the airing cupboard, couple of days, hey-presto... tulips! Season 4 [after finding Tony's stash of porographic magazines]' Jill: Does that really turn you on? Tony: How can that possib... yeah, it does actually. Jill: How can it? Tony: She's naked. Jill: Yeah, but she's obviously freezing to death, she's sitting on a fork-lift truck feeling exposed, and stupid, and like a piece of meat. How can that turn you on?

Tony: Well, she's naked, look at it. Gary: Look, Deborah, you're a girl... Deborah: No. I was a girl, now I'm a woman. Gary: How does that work then? Episode 4: "Three Girlfriends" Gary: I've been a Vulcan for 25 years. Sylvia: Vulcan? Don't you mean "vegan"? Gary: What, with these ears? [laughs] Episode 5: "Drunk" Tony: [drunk] So, how did you happen upon Les' watering hole? I mean two girls in a pub, by themselves. To me that spells: D - A - N - G - E - R Girl In Pub: To us it spelt: M - A - R - L - B - O - R - O Tony: [drunk] Middlesbrough? Gary: [drunk] Bed? Bed's for sleepy people! Let's get a kebab and go to a disco! Gary: [drunk] Time, gentlemen, please! Haven't you got homosexuals to go to? Tony: [drunk] I am kneeling... I am kneeling... on the floor... outside the pub...

Tony: [drunk] DEBORAH! I FUCKING LOVE YOU! COME DOWN! I WANT YOU! Tony: [drunk] Can I give you a scone, and some protection? Deborah: Why do I have to live above two drunk morons? Tony: [drunk] You don't! Who says you do? Just stay here in your flat. Episode 6: "In Bed With Dorothy" Optician: What about contact lenses? Tony: Ooh, no, no. I couldn't have something up against me eye. You know, right there, staring at me. Optician: I would imagine it's no more uncomfortable than wearing a condom, say. Tony: How d'you wear a condom on your eye? [talking about pain thresholds] Gary: I mean, look at the fuss women make about child birth. Now, I'm not saying it doesn't smart a bit, but if blokes did it, I reckon you'd be looking at, what, give birth, have a couple of Paracetamol, maybe a bit of a nap and then back to work within the hour. Episode 7: "Playing Away" Deborah: What did he say?

Tony: I can't remember it was in 1986. Tony: Maybe I should go on this creative writing course, I was always dead good at poetry at school. "I wandered lonely, as a clown, that flows on high o'er shoes and grass, when all o' the once I spied a crow, a hostess of goldy daffs" [after pulling out a tooth and blood pouring from his mouth, Tony calls the hospital] Tony: Eyo? An I beak u Goyothy, pease? Goyothy. Gee, Oh... No, Gee, ike in Gog. Gee, Oh, Jee. Jee, ike giraffe. Yeah. O! Dorothy, oo arole, le e eplain! Dorothy! Dorothy!... Eyo, Dorothy. I ust pulled by ooth out. I ondered if oo ould ing e some ainkillers om the ospiyall affer oor hift. Yeah. I'm in uite ayot o pain. Yeah. I eel a bit faint, yeah. I ink I'll ave a i down. Yeah, bye.

Season 5 Tony: That'll be one pound sexy, er, sixty. Episode 5: "Cardigan" [Gary, Dorothy, Deborah and Tony are in a car, lost whilst looking for a rave] Dorothy: I've had enough. I'm turning back. Gary: [drunkenly] Had enough? Turning back? Are you mad? Are you... madder than Brian Mad of Madcastle? Are you!? Deborah: Come on, it's two o'clock in the morning. Gary: No! Absolutely no; we're having a brilliant time! It's two o'clock, and we haven't even got there yet, now that's very fashionable - I read it in a magazine, of, er... well some sort [pauses] or other. Episode 6: "Rich & Fat" [Gary & Tony are drunk and playing Monopoly; Tony is rolling the die] Tony: Eight, eight... yeah! Three. Ooh, chance. Nervous, really nervous. Haa, yeah! Get outta jail free card! Is that just for Monopoly, or does it work in real life too?

Gary: I think it's just fornopoly [they sit back and Tony uncovers his belly] Tony: You see, the thing about the human body is, as we know, is that it is a temple. Gary: Yep Dorothy: It doesn't matter, love. Gary: I know it doesn't. Dorothy: Well, it does actually, if we're trying to have a baby. Gary: I've always thought a good name for a folk band would be: "Folk Off And Die, Folkhead". Part 2: "Gary In Love" Deborah: It can take a long time to get pregnant, can't it? Tony: Oh yeah, everything has to be right, the womb has to be in the right cycle; the, um, placebo has to be aligned with the aviary; and the seed must be freed. Gary: [drunk] You know, I've never said this before... Tony: [drunk] What? Gary: Dorothy thinks she might be pregnant. Tony: How do they know? Gary: I don't know, I think it's something to do with... no, I don't know. Part 3: "Delivery" Tony: Are you alright?

Dorothy: Well, let's see, everything's twice the size it was nine months ago and I'm growing another head inside me. Gary: [drunk] I'm sorry if I've ever been mean, have I ever been mean? George/Anthea: Yes Gary: No, be honest. I think we should be more honest. Or do I mean more sexy? [Dorothy has been in labour for four hours] Dorothy: FUCK! FUCK! BASTARD MEN! YOU BASTARD, BASTARD MEN! Sorry, was I shouting? Midwife: Just a bit. Nearly there. [knocks at the door] Will there be a Men Behaving Badly remake? Martin Clunes says no By Ben Dowell Friday 13 February 2015 at 10:36AM Martin Clunes has poured cold water on the possibility of a return for 90s sitcom Men Behaving Badly.

His former co-star Neil Morrissey recently expressed an interest in resurrecting the show , but Clunes told RadioTimes.com emphatically that if Morrissey wanted to bring it back, “he’s doing it on his own!” ”We have always said we would only do it if all four of us wanted to do it," added Clunes of the laddish flatshare comedy which starred himself, Morrissey, Leslie Ash and Caroline Quentin. Asked if he would like ever resurrect it, he said “I don’t think so... [Gary and Tony] would be 52 now!” Clunes also said that the recent sex cases surrounding Operation Yetwree would mean that the portrait of older men lusting after younger women could be even more inappropriate, even in a comedy. “What if it were bad? That is the fear,” he added. Morrissey recently told Good Morning Britain that the possibility of a new series of the hit comedy, which ran from 1992 to 1998, is still being discussed. “I am always tempted. Oh gosh yeah, I would do it at the drop of a hat,” he told Susanna Reid and Kate Garraway.

When asked whether Clunes was the potential sticking point, Morrissey said: “It could be, I don’t know, he’s a very busy boy. It would come down to scripts and it would come down to people wanting it in the first place. Yeah well let’s see, I’d love to do it. “It keeps getting mentioned, once every couple of years someone brings it up again... If the market needs it I suppose people will want to try and do it. But we’ll see. I doubt they could afford Martin anymore.” Written by Simon Nye, the series had an inauspicious start on ITV when it first starred Harry Enfield and Clunes as flatmates Dermot and Gary. However, it took off when it was snapped up by the BBC and moved to a post-watershed slot on BBC1, with Enfield’s character Dermot replaced by Morrissey as Tony. It was voted the best sitcom in the BBC's history at BBC Television's 60th anniversary celebrations in 1996. The plot largely focused on Gary and Tony’s attempts to avoid commitment, and drink as much lager as possible, with Tony's lustful obsession with Leslie Ash's neighbour Deborah a recurring plot strand.

Caroline Quentin played Gary's long-suffering girlfriend Dorothy. Clunes was speaking to RadioTimes.com following the launch of his new three-part drama project Arthur & George , an ITV adaptation of Julian Barnes’ novel based on a real life criminal case involving Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in which Clunes plays Doyle. Loosely based on the true story of the Great Wyrley outrages of 1903, the plot focuses on Conan Doyle's attempts to clear George Edalji, a half-Indian solicitor who was imprisoned for a series of bizarre attacks on livestock in the small Staffordshire community. Arthur & George airs on ITV in March British Men Behaving Badly (TV Series 1992–2014) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Men Behaving Badly (original title) 45min This comedy series is all about two mates, Gary and Tony who share a two bedroom home.

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See full summary » Stars: Chris Barrie, Harriet Thorpe, Michael Burns Edit Storyline This comedy series is all about two mates, Gary and Tony who share a two bedroom home. They are grown men who act like a couple of drunk two year olds, who spend their time either drinking beer at the local Pub, or at home having all MALE conversations on the couch (while drinking beer). Written by Graham Wilson Jr <diex@suburbia.net> 8 October 2000 (USA) See more » Also Known As: British Men Behaving Badly See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Although well known as a BBC series, the first series was originally shown on rival network ITV who cancelled the series after its first series.

See more » Goofs In the early seasons Gary had a driving licence and was shown having hired a car to spy on Dorothy as seen in season 4, episode 2, "Infidelity", and in season 3, episode 2, "Bed" is seen borrowing Dorothy's car to go to the chemist to buy antacid; but by season 6 he can't drive and has never driven, as seen in season 6, episode 3, "Jealousy" See more » Quotes Gary Strang : Let's face it Tony, the only way you're gonna be in there is that if you're both marooned on a deserted island and she eats a poisonous berry or a nut which makes her temporarily deaf, dumb, stupid, forgetful and desperate for sex. The reason I bought my DVD player... 4 August 2004 | by cmjl-1 (Adelaide, Australia) – See all my reviews The reason I bought my DVD player was so that I could play the DVD's in the Men behaving Badly box set that I was fortunate enough to buy back in 2001. It was a hefty investment at the time but it has been worth it in repeated laughs since then.

Having shared flats in my youth with friends, I found it easy to relate to the situations that Tony and Gary found themselves in. Work problems, girl problems, hygiene problems - oh how the memories come flooding back! Who can forget Gary's antics at the all-night rave-party, or Tony's attempts to tattoo himself on the cheap. Even the first series with Dermott (Harry Enfield), though not as good as later series, had many good moments. Just how hard is it to assemble a book-case? Simon Nye deserves a medal for this stuff! 5 of 6 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Men Behaving Badly characters - British Comedy Guide Played by: Martin Clunes Gary is having a relationship with Dorothy, although he still looks at other women (a lot) and wishes he had more sexual partners. He owns the downstairs flat of the house where most of the action is set, but needs a lodger to pay the bills and have late night chats with. In the old days this was Dermot, who fancied Debs and had personal hygiene issues. Tony is his new mate and has lived with Gary for 5 years.

He is the office manager of a small security company, and is in charge of Anthea and George who he is constantly mean to. His hobbies include going to the pub and playing his home made board game 'What's that smell'. Apart from Tony he only has two friends, both of whom are called Clive! Tony Smart (Series 2-6) Played by: Neil Morrissey Tony came on the scene in Series 2 and is the lodger helping Gary pay the bills but has yet to pay a penny in rent. In the old days Tony owned his own music business, but it collapsed. There was a high wind and, well, the stall blew down. Tony spends most of his time with Gary down the pub, and even worked there for a while before becoming a postman (which earned him the nickname 'Nobby No-mates'). He also spends much of his time trying to impress Debs, by tattooing himself, offering to shave his pubic hair and buying her hundreds of Christmas presents (all of which Gary paid for because Tony let him borrow a Polaroid of Debs's bottom!). Dermot (Series 1) Played by: Harry Enfield Dermot was Gary's flatmate in Series 1.

Like Tony, he was a bit of a slob and spent much of his time chasing after Debs. She quite liked him at first and even came over for a romantic evening of candlelight, dinner and music only to discover his true intentions. He worked in a furniture store but was sacked for dangling a customer by the ankles. Deborah Played by: Leslie Ash Deborah owns the flat above Gary, in fact one of the bedrooms is directly above Tony's. He informed her of this when he was concerned that his late night bongo playing would disturb her! She used to be the manageress of a sleek wine bar until she was made redundant and has since tried other jobs as well as being a student. Debs is constantly made aware of Tony's affections towards her but can never decide which is better - being lonely or being with Tony. She usually decides on the former after his attempts at impressing her don't... well... impress! She is lucky when it comes to men and has had many boyfriends over the years, all of whom Tony has managed to drive away. Dorothy Played by: Caroline Quentin Dorothy is Gary's long-suffering other half.

She has been going out with him for a long time now, and so knows him back to front and inside out. She knows he is pompous, a liar and a potential cheat. Although they were together for many years, Gary refused to let her live with him as he feared it may interfere with his and Tony's late night chats. He eventually relented and let her move in; this was partly due to the fact that they had just had a baby. Dorothy works at the local hospital as a nurse and once had a brief fling with a male colleague, who she took to Deb's dinner party. This was later interrupted when Gary burst in with a chainsaw to 'divide' the items they accumulated as a couple. George Played by: Ian Lindsay George is Gary's assistant at the security company. Devotedly married to Marjorie, you know who is in control. In his younger days you get the impression he was a bit of a raver. In fact, when it came to women in the past, he was "like a rat up a drainpipe". Now that he is older, George is a bit of a plodder and his idea of going mad is having 2 biscuits.

He and Anthea are good friends and often join forces to complain to Gary, who generally isn't interested in anything they have to say. Anthea Secretary. Played by: Valerie Minifie Anthea is Gary's secretary at the Security Company. She lives with her sister and has only fallen in love once in her life, but it came to a bitter end when he pulled her pigtails in the playground! Unlike George, you get the impression that she is actually quite good at her job, and Gary really cannot run the office without her, as was illustrated when she once resigned and he was forced to do his own typing. This didn't last long as he threw the typewriter out of the (closed) window. Gary is constantly short tempered with Anthea and likes to punish her by such means as locking her in the stationery cupboard or taking away the light bulb in her office so that she must type whilst holding a torch. Les (Series 1-4) Landlord. Played by: Dave Atkins Les was the landlord at Gary and Tony's local watering hole, The Crown. On the face of it incompetent, Les actually seems to know what he's doing as a landlord.

His real problem is his personal hygiene, which is basically non-existent. He once ran a promotion at the pub, 'Beers of the world' with such eloquently named drinks as 'Binki', 'Sod' and 'Plop', which (of course) Gary and Tony sampled. Ken (Series 5-6) Landlord. Played by: John Thomson Ken took over as landlord of The Crown when Les left, although he only got the job because his brother was sleeping with the manageress of the brewery. He hasn't got a clue about drinks or how to run a pub, something that Gary and Tony take full advantage of. In fact they tell him that it is customary to give them free drinks if they are not happy with the ones just consumed. When he took over, Ken decided to have the pub decorated exactly the same as it looked in an old black and white photo he found. Gary later pointed out to him that the photo was in fact taken only a year earlier by Les at his 'Free Nelson Mandela Night', and that Tony could be seen in the background balancing a pint on his head. Share this page

Question: In the first television series 'Men Behaving Badly', who played the part of 'Dermot'?
Answer: HARRY ENFIELD